I went fishing and got nothing but back

Saturday

Jan 12, 2013 at 1:23 PM

Got up at 5 am today and made a two hour trek to a favorite fishing hole.

Jim Kilchermann Jr.

Got up at 5 am today and made a two hour trek to a favorite fishing hole. I was determined that I would take advantage of this warm weather. Everything went according to plan except someone forgot to give the wind the day off. Launched the boat and made our way out of the channel and onto the lake only to be greeted by 3-4 foot whitecaps! We tried to troll to no avail. It was difficult at best to maintain any type of course or trolling speed while fighting the heavy waves and wind. We should have taken a bigger boat! Our little shallow sided 14 footer had water coming over the bow and the sides. We decided to call it quits after only 2 hours. Had a nice conversation with my brother and a good ride across the state. All in all, it still beats a day at work anyway. Maybe tomorrow will be better!

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